Original subtitles

Hang in, Yellow!

Don't spare the devil, he was not of a mother born! Get him, Curly!

Hang in, Yellow!

Hang in there!

- Come on, Curly! - Yellow, show him!

You're a sissy and so is your dog.

Look at the tail between his legs!

Like owner, like dog! He spoiled all the fun.

The wolf chased the ass up the fence!

Hold your thunder, Elijah. Wait till I gather the sheep.

- Let's go, it's starting to rain. - Hold this for me.

Redjo, up the hill!

Nikolica, hurry up! It's starting to rain.

Into the bunker, until the rain stops.

Did you see how he slammed him down?

He would've killed him if Ranko had not separated them.

He is a tough dog. - Look what I've found.

- Where? - Up there behind the wall.

- Look at the head on this one! - Terrifying.

It's the German dog my Dad told me about.

They say he wouldn't touch bacon from a civilian's hand.

Here, have a look.

- That's the dog. - Give it to me.

My Curly would let him have it,

partisan style. - What a fight that would be!

- What was his name? - Here, this is his name.

His name was Hund.

- Hund. - Everybody here knows about him.

He could tell by scent who was who.

Look at my shoe, look at yours. They are both the same.

But he knew which shoe belonged to a Partisan.

My Dad was injured, and when my late Mom found out,

she went to find him. Grandma stayed behind alone.

Outside, you couldn't tell where the sky ended and the earth began.

Thunder and lightning and rain. Just like right now.

- And? - What happened?

Granny sat by the fire, praying incessantly.

Trembling with fear. Then, in the middle of the night...

Boom! With a loud bang, the door opened.

Granny was petrified. She could see nothing in the dark.

With the flash of lightning she saw the terrible Hund at her door.

His teeth bared, his big canines poised like giant white spikes.

Granny almost died. And the wolf ate granny.

And the Little Red Riding Hood asked:

Granny, what a big head you have!

Redjo, don't interrupt. You don't have to listen to the story.

He's using a lot of paint. You would too if you knew how.

And then what happened? - And then...

Thrice the lightning struck, and thrice she saw him.

But when the white light came for the fourth time, he was gone.

- Listen to the thunder... - Who knows where Hund is now?

He was killed alongside his master near the Big White Rock.

A shell landed there and they both went to meet their Maker.

- What's wrong? - What are you waiting for?

Let's have a look.

- What is this, my brothers? - It is blood.

The wolf. It snatched a sheep.

The lone wolf. He's back again.

What will happen when the big snow comes?

THE LONE WOLF

The big bad wolf is coming near, the poor rabbit is running in fear...

Ranko, come on! We'll be late for school!

Ranko!

- Where are you going? - To school, it's my buddies calling.

Come back! Listen to me!

He didn't have his breakfast. Here, my baby.

Come on, have some more.

Granny has more coming. Don't you love your cornmeal with milk?

Wretched children, you'll be punished for this!

Not safe in one's own house from their pranks.

Ranko!

Ranko, get back! You forgot the letter!

Dad said to take this letter to the hunting club.

You want to go to school too? Go back and guard the house.

I'll be back.

What did you do now? Poor me.

School kids! What are you doing here in the woods?

We wanted to see what you were doing.

Good that you're here. Now watch and remember.

We don't want you to fall into the wolf pit.

- Don't worry. - We are not wolves.

This is a sign.

Our teacher would say:

He who digs a pit for another will fall into it.

Smart kid! It's coming out of his nose.

There's my Dad!

See you!

- Hello, Uncle Nikola! - Hello, kids.

- Is the trap ready? - It's ready.

- Poor thing. - Why?

The wolf cannot reach the lamb.

It will be so terribly afraid.

Come, my little lamb, your wool is soft and nice.

You can cry, I'm off!

Don't worry, the bad wolf cannot touch you.

He can't reach you. You are just a decoy.

Stop crying, go on, catch up with your buddies.

Do you have the letter? - In my bag. Wait for me!

Cheep-cheep, cheep, I'll be healthy, I'll be fit!

In the field some dew and three bags of wheat!

Cheep-cheep, chirrup, dear brother, are you up?

Up and at them, I am fit!

- Cheep-chirrup, who's to blame? - Wrong.

Cheep-cheep, who's to blame? You'll scratch your head in shame.

I'm good at geography. He knows every place on earth.

The next village and the next, and the Big White Rock.

Cheep-cheep, chirrup, you stand like a heap.

Holding a broom, with nothing to sweep!

Cheep-cheep, chirrup, dear brother, are you up?

Up and at them, I am fit!

Cheep-cheep, cheep, I am healthy, I'll be fit.

Cheep-cheep, chirrup I am healthy, I'll be fine!

Quiet!

Can you hear them? The wolves!

They call to each other.

- Far from here! - We should still hurry up to school!

Or we'll be late.

It is hereby announced

that the Agriculture and Forestry Department has decided

to award 1200 instead of 900 dinars for each wolf killed.

Announcement on behalf of the hunting club:

It has been noted recently...

Beat, beat, beat them beaters, chase the bad wolf away!

- First in! - Me too!

Look, amidst the quiet of the woods,

a mighty clamor ensued.

A mighty clamor ensued.

- Have you copied everything? - Yes, we have!

Now underscore all nouns.

Amidst the quiet of the woods...

Redjo, don't look! Silence, please!

- Look at your notebook! - It's the pen that spotted the page.

Not the pen, it was you.

- It's not my fault! - Sit down.

- Have you finished? - Yes, and I would like to leave if I may.

- All right, go. - It's something else, I really need to hurry.

He needs to go badly!

- Silence! Ranko, go ahead. - It's not a bathroom call at all.

Dad gave me a letter to take to the hunting club.

I forgot to do it. - OK, go. The days are getting short.

It's a long way home for you. We'll wrap up earlier today.

You should know that the school committee has decided

to suspend school for 10 days because of the heavy snowfall.

Quiet! Silence, please!

- Hold it! -What is it?

- Ranko is missing. - Maybe he took off.

- He wouldn't go alone. - Maybe he stayed in town.

Or left with the Krijestina kids.

I'm off! It is a long way home.

We might catch up with him if we hurry.

Ivan, I heard you had wolves the night before last.

Not in our village but in Krijestina.

Went into a pen and killed all the sheep. A pack of wolves.

- What about your village? - We get only the loner.

- What loner? - The lone wolf.

Separated from the pack, he hunts alone.

The night before last, I fed the stock and closed the pen,

and all the sheep were there. This morning however...

The pen open, and my best sheep gone.

Not for long. We have a trap and snares set up.

It was no wolf, old sport. It was something else.

A wolf would have killed all of them. It is his nature.

This was a two-legged beast.

No one would go for what belongs to others.

We had something similar happen last winter.

In Krijestina, Glusci and Lug.

No one ever saw or heard the wolf, not even the dogs.

A strange beast, the lone wolf. - Cunning.

He sneaks up with the wind. - Look at the little guy.

This is powder and these the pellets. Don't mix them.

Now run, it's a long way home. - Bye!

Come! You'd like to play?

Look at him...

You have a bite too!

See you!

Guys!

Redjo!

My village, I would never like you like I do

were I not born in you!

My village, up in the mountains,

it's where hawks rear their youngsters.

Ouch.

We could make a long toboggan for all four.

We'd fly in the sky!

- I'll fly faster on my small toboggan. - How come?

Bigger weight makes them faster. But you'll never build yours.

I'll go home, fetch mine, and off I go!

Off I go!

Womenfolk not allowed! Get me some lard!

- Good day, Granny! - You are early today.

- School is out! - Who will stop you now?

Where is Ranko? - He's not here?

How could he be?

We were waiting, but then we left.

We thought he left with the Krijestina group.

Why does he always have to go his separate way?

Don't worry, he'll be home any minute now.

In the name of the Father... Where is he already?

It's a dog!

Don't be afraid. You can stop growling, I won't hurt you.

OK, you're the growling type.

Wait, Ranko will get you out of trouble.

Here, let me see.

The snare hurt your leg. Right at the joint. It must hurt.

Come on!

I got something for you. Here's some very fine bacon.

We'll get it right.

Now something to keep the splint together.

Just one more thing... Give me your paw.

They say skill has its rewards.

Japa-topo, lipi-tipi, spit and it will stick!

There.

If you were mine! There wouldn't be a finer pair in the village.

Stop whining... Nothing to fear.

What is this? You carry your ID around the neck.

"Mili..." It's like a name. Mile.

Mile, what else does it say?

Hund.

Hund!

Where are you going?

You want to go to the village with me?

Poor thing, you are weak. Get out of here or the wolves will get you.

Wait, I'll help you. You're so heavy!

We didn't budge.

What now? You know what? I'll get my toboggan, wait here.

Won't be a minute!

Here I go! Gangway!

The better man gets the field!

Gangway! Here I go!

The better man gets the field! How big is the field, do you know?

There he is! It's Ranko up there.

- Where? - Up there, on the hill.

Ranko! Where have you been? We were waiting for you.

Did you have an encounter with a wolf?

Not a wolf, I found a dog. His leg got caught in a snare.

I'll get a toboggan and bring him back. He is so big!

Two times bigger than your dog. This big! His head, this big.

- His teeth, this big? - Yes!

- Just like Hund? - It is him.

- I saw him! - So did we, on a piece of wood back in the bunker.

Just you laugh at me! You'll see him tonight!

- Help your Granny. - Good day!

In the name of the Father... Thank you, dear Lord.

- Where have you been? - At the store. And then in the woods.

- What with the woods? - I heard a strange growling sound.

- When I turned around, it was a snared-up dog. - What dog?

- The one people talk about. Hund. - There he goes again.

Always a story to tell. - It was him, I'm telling you.

- Give me some lard for my toboggan. - Hold your horses!

What did you say? What Hund? - It says so on the dog tag.

He is huge... Twice the size of our Yellow.

Could it be the German dog? And it says Hund on the dog tag?

- Yes. - In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

No, seriously, if it's him, you have to take me there.

It's him. I freed his leg and put it in a splint.

I'm going back there with a toboggan.

Dad, don't do this. You won't need a gun.

He's a good dog. He took food from my hand.

If he was not weak, you'd be in pieces now.

If it's him, it's a beast worse than any wolf.

Go get Martin and Danesa, tell them to bring their guns.

What are you waiting for?

Poor me with this child. God Almighty saved his soul.

- Do you remember the dog, Danesa? - Of course I do.

He didn't bark to warn you off like other dogs do.

He'd just jump on your back when you least expected.

- Vicious beast. - He is. The very sight of him made you feel uneasy.

A huge dark animal. - Not dark, a bit darkish.

You said he was a dark dog.

He is of dark colour, but not vicious as you try to put it.

It does say Hund, but it also says Mile!

- What rubbish is that? Tell me where he is. - There...

Behind the broken pine tree.

Danesa, start from the top, I'll go in the middle and Martin below.

Godspeed!

They say there is a dog like that in town, Sokol is his name.

Smart as a man. - This is a stray dog then and should be killed.

- God bless you, child! - Anything there?

There is a woodpecker. Shoot if you will, I won't.

- Where? - There! The woodpecker.

Where's the dog, jackass?

- He was here. - And the snare?

Look under the snow.

I'll look under your pants once we're home!

This is what happens when you trust a child.

Jackass! Enough with your lies and making a fool of me!

- What did I say? - Stop beating the child!

- Making a fool of me, jackass! - I just wanted to...

- Quiet! I'll show you! - Leave the poor child alone.

- No more lies! - Maybe the child saw him, you don't know that.

The hell he did! Let me show you what he saw.

Here. This is what he saw.

Now listen. No more lies, you hear me?

Hush now, be quiet!

You're cold? You'd like to come under the blanket? Shame on you.

Quit this whining. If Redjo hears you, they will all laugh again.

No use begging, Dad will not let you in.

Quiet now.

Wolves in the village! Ivan, wake up!

Ranko, what happened? Tell me what happened!

I don't know. Over here, quickly!

Let me through. Nikola, how is he?

- Say he's alive. - He's alive.

He passed out with fear. So would any grownup man.

- The wolf is gone. - The sheep are all here?

All of them.

Yellow didn't let him have dinner. Poor thing, he's dying.

Granny will make you feel better. We'll drive the fears away.

I'm not afraid, Granny. I pity my Yellow dog.

The wolf will not touch a tough dog. He won't come to my pen.

- Mine neither. - Nor mine.

- My poor child. - Calm down, mother.

- Come, it's a dead wolf! - Could have been worse.

Here behind the pen!

- What happened? - Look!

- The lone wolf. - A miracle. They killed each other.

- It's huge! - It would've killed the child, Yellow saved his life.

Redjo! Call Ranko!

I wonder how the wolf got out of the pen?

Wounded, he managed to get out and die.

- Who'd expect Yellow would get him? - I would. I knew him.

Ranko, tell us how that happened.

This is how. It was a quiet night.

I was asleep, baby brother was asleep, Granny was. We all slept.

In the middle of the night, I awoke to the sound of fighting.

They growled and they moaned and they roared.

Never hesitating, I picked up a poker and went out.

A fierce fight between the wolf and Yellow was underway.

They grabbed and hurled, you could not tell which was which.

Yellow was out of breath, but so was the wolf.

Suddenly Yellow screamed. The wolf's teeth were on him.

I was about to strike the wolf, but Yellow shook him off

and sank his teeth in his throat. Right here it happened.

Blood gushed out as Yellow fell to the ground.

The wolf dragged his wounded body towards the pen door.

He'll get away, thought I, and took after him...

What happened next? Why did you stop?

No more paint.

- What happened? - I don't know.

Hund!

Hund, come!

You saved my life?

My friend... Good dog.

Hey, Hund! Where are you?

So this is your home, you bandit! I have a better one for you.

I'll take you home. Enough with your brigand life.

Let's go home.

Everyone in the village will see that Ranko never told lies.

Come on, let's go!

Come on or get lost in the forest like you are. Come on!

What are you waiting for?

Come to me.

There.

There he goes again.

Hund! Come on.

Where have you been? Gathering firewood for you.

You've gathered enough to last me a couple of years.

Pick up your schoolbooks instead.

Since your Dad has started working, you have become loose.

I'm going to tell him!

- Gimme... - Your granny will give you some.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, seven spikes. Seven shall be eight.

8 will be 9. - What do you say? Is it a spell?

Yes, Granny.

I'm chasing away fears for a friend of mine. Go away!

What friend, my child?

My friend in the mountain, lest the wolves devour him.

- You're starting again. - I'm not asking you to believe me.

- Who is he and where is he from? - From far away, Granny.

He crossed nine hills and nine mountains to get here.

- Why don't you bring him home? - He doesn't want to come.

He fears your poker and Dad's gun. - A funny fellow he must be.

We would never hurt a God's creature, we're not wolves.

Today I was telling him how good my Granny was.

And how fine her bacon is. - Leave the bacon alone.

I told him: lipi-tipi, topo-tapa, my Granny will take you in.

You're full of all sorts of ideas, none of them very smart.

Poor me! Is it my lead you have used?

How am I to guard our home from harm and bad spells?

Don't worry. I'll bring a guard that has no match anywhere.

Come, come on! You want to play, don't you?

You can bite too!

Off I go! Gangway!

- Where does he go day after day? - Nowhere.

He sits up there behind the pine tree.

Here, Ranko has caught himself a wolf and saved you the trouble!

You avoid company like the lone wolf avoids his pack.

I'm busy gathering firewood for my Granny.

- Aren't you afraid? - Wolves don't come close during the day.

We know you stay behind the bush all day.

- Is there a story in this? - You'll see in due time.

I know, again you'll say, "What did I tell you!"

I'd never go to the forest alone.

- He has a plan, I'm telling you. - So have I! It will be a laugh!

A wolf! A wolf!

Run for your life! He's going to eat me alive!

- Ranko is missing! - He must have been attacked by the wolf.

- We should tell somebody! - We should never...

- Speak up! - ...never have left him. Poor Ranko.

No use crying!

We should do something. We must tell his Dad!

Come, join us.

Would you ever do it? Look how small it is.

You are a good boy.

Come on, but be careful.

Come, I have something for you.

Come and enjoy it.

Can't have enough, eh?

If Granny knew, we would both be in trouble.

Don't be afraid.

Quiet.

Ssshhh!

Hush now!

Quiet!

You shouldn't have left him!

Ranko!

Come here, we have a trapped wolf!

No way out now! You wanted some lamb for dinner?

Wait! I'll get him with my axe!

Shoot, what are you waiting for?

He's dead! Finally he's dead!

Get him out of there, he's dead.

It's a big wolf!

- Here's your reward. - Forget the reward, where is the child?

Perhaps he climbed up a tree and is so afraid he cannot speak?

Ranko!

Poor me, my poor child, Ranko!

Ranko!

Child, where are you?

I'm here, Grandpa!

Ranko, are you all right?

- I'm fine, Granny! - My baby. It's a miracle!

- Where did you come from? What happened? - What happened!

I tricked the wolf!

When he went after me, I knew I could not outrun him.

Never hesitating, I took the ladder...

And off I went over the top into the trap.

There he stood hesitating and looking at me,

growling and smacking his lips. I started to provoke him.

He went, "Growl...". So I went, "Growl..."

He growled, I growled, until he was so mad

he went right into the trap!

And that is the story. Now let's go home.

Wait! I'll show you the trap! Wait until your Dad gets home!

Wondering alone in the woods all day long.

Look at the lone wolf now! He is trouble no more!

Pinch a few hairs from his coat,

they will protect us all!

Give the wolf some bacon to eat,

some wool to keep warm and leave the kids alone,

some soup to eat and forget about sheep!

Enough food to make him bigger than he is now.

Killed by my lucky hand, he is dead now,

and no trouble at all!

I would have... Right in the eye!

- My Mom wouldn't let me go. - She'd have to rinse your pants again.

I'm not afraid of him!

I saw his tracks in the woods, leading to the Big White Rock.

- Isn't that true, Danesa? - It is like you say.

So this is our chance! We'll start early and set up an ambush.

Danesa, gather up some beaters,

and he won't be able to escape.

If you don't have a gun, grab a handful of salt.

We should leave and get up before dawn. Enough fun.

- Wait! I need to say something. - Go ahead.

May we kill a wolf tomorrow. Maybe two wolves, or maybe even three.

We need to decide what to do with the reward.

- He who kills him, gets the reward. - Not fair.

We all contributed.

- In what sense? - Here's how.

If I had not fallen into the trap, no one would be getting anything.

We'll find a way, but first we need to get the wolf!

Let's go home. It's a long way.

- Good night! - Good night!

- Hit my head! - Don't touch the bottle until the morning

or you'll case two wolves, not one.

- He has a shotgun, he'll kill them both! - Good night!

Spread to the left!

Close in on the right!

- Do you see anything? - I think I heard something.

Throw a stone.

Something is down there.

This will drive him out. You keep an eye on him.

Hund! Hund!

Be careful down there! He's coming your way!

- He's gone! - And so is the reward.

- Let's go after him. - What else?

Hund!

Hund!

Close in from the right!

Be careful! It's not a wolf, it's a wild dog!

Don't shoot! People, don't shoot!

It's my dog, it's my Hund!

Here he comes!

Hund!

We killed the child! Stop!

- Ranko, my son, are you alive? - What happened, for God's sake?

Careful with the child... Don't slip on the ice.

Careful.

- Dad, don't be mad at me. - Ranko.

How are you, my son?

We had such fun...

My toboggan flying in the iced-over snow...

Me and Hund, my friend.

Would I get a reward for him like I would for a wolf?

Martin, a dog is not a wolf.

He's just as dangerous, the reward should be the same.

He's a bloodthirsty beast. His nature is worse than the wolf's.

So devious and cunning, you can't catch him. But not for long.

Ivesa and I will set up an ambush tonight.

Go away, sickness...

Go from the ninety nine wounds...

To the ends of the earth,

to the deep of the sea, to the high of the sky.

Across a hundred meadows, through a hundred woods,

over nine mountains, to a land far, far away...

Go away!

- Here you are, doctor. - There is lots of snow. How is he doing?

- Not good, doctor. - Let me see.

I'll take it. Give me that.

You should've called me sooner, but I'll see what can be done.

Boil some water, we need to remove the buckshot.

- He'll perform surgery? - He'll just take out the buckshot.

- Poor Ranko, it will hurt. - He won't feel it, he's unconscious.

Anything to keep him alive. Let's ask Uncle Martin.

- How is he? - How could he be, poor thing.

What did the doctor say?

Nothing. Joso, tell your Dad to get ready. I'll go get my gun.

- To go where? - An ambush. They'll deal with him today.

- How is he doing? - We'll see.

- Anything else we can do? - Yes.

We need to wait.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and in the hour...

Hail, Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee..

- Will he survive? - He'll get over it, you'll see.

Water... I'm thirsty, Granny.

He's thirsty! Give us some water, quick!

He'll be fine.

Cheep-cheep, chirrup, dear brother, are you up?

- Wrong. - It doesn't matter as long as he is fine!

Here, Granny has brought you some. Have a drink of water.

Doctor, have a brandy to recover some strength.

- Look at them! - Ranko, your buddies are here!

Come in, kids... Ranko is here.

How are you?

- Okay. - We came to see you.

We have something for you. What are you waiting for?

Here, Sara had puppies. Just two, but one is yours.

- He is of good breed, my Curly is the father. - He'll be a tough dog.

- One of a kind. - What are you going to call him?

If you ask me, he should be named after his father. Curly.

- What do you think? - Ranko will choose, it's his pup.

Look, the baby got the puppy.

- He'll bite him. - No, he won't.

He's crying.

Hund. Come in, don't be afraid, they will not harm you. Hund!

Don't be afraid.

Hund!

You came to see me. You did not forget about your friend.

In the name of the Father... Lead us not into evil.

- What is this? - It's just another dog.

Come out everybody.

- You first. - No, you go.

Don't be afraid, he's a good dog. He won't touch you.

- I almost died! - See, didn't I tell you, Granny?

Japa-tipi, topo-tapa, he'll come to your door.

- For God's sake, don't! - I will! And so will you.

We will all toast this day and this encounter.

Our host and his brave son. Granny and her bacon.

Health and joy to the boy and his good friend. Cheers!

You put it so well, to your health!

Did you hear him go on about my bacon?

- Good evening! He can't be found. - What do you mean?

I looked, lvesa looked, he simply vanished.

- Such a big thing! - Bigger than this one here?

Twice the size of this one...

- Er... - Don't stutter, sit down here.

Did you find him now?

You are our dog now, my friend. What did I tell you?

It does say Hund, but it says Mile too!

Wait, I need to gather the sheep.